Kim Ngov grows vegetables near Campbelltown, in Sydney’s south-eastern suburbs.
Many of his crops, including snake beans, cucumber and snow peas, are grown on trellises with the alleys heavily infested with weeds.

These were kept under control with multiple applications of herbicide using backpack sprayers. Additionally, there was the challenge of heavy foot traffic in the alleys causing the soil to become soggy following rainfall.

Recently, Kim took up the suggestion from the Soil Wealth and ICP team of seeding cover crops into the alleys of snow pea for weed suppression and creating an easier working environment for his staff.

Snow peas were planted in the week of 16 April 2020, followed by the seeding of cover crops on 26 April 2020 – ryegrass, ryecorn, buckwheat and mixtures of buckwheat plus ryegrass and ryecorn plus ryegrass.

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This resource has been produced by the Hort Innovation-funded Soil Wealth and ICP project – jointly delivered by RM Consulting Group and Applied Horticultural Research.